Pirate volleyball draws Elmwood in sectionals
By Cort Reynolds
The Bluffton High School volleyball team will play a Blanchard Valley Conference foe in first round tournament play.
The Pirate spikers (14-7) face Elmwood (6-12) in sectional final action on Thursday, October 16 at Ottawa-Glandorf.
The victor plays the O-G (17-4)/Fostoria victor at Kalida in the Northwest 2 district semifinals on Tuesday, Oct. 21. The powerhouse Titan girls are tied for first in the Western Buckeye League at 8-0 with Shawnee.
The district final against the Northwest 1 survivor will be held at Oregon Clay on Thursday, Oct. 23.
Swanton, Astwood and Rossford are in the Northwest 1 district top half of the draw.
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